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Before the cones go back in the bag, answer three questions: what worked, what didn't, and one change for next time.
Write it while it's fresh. Start next week from that one change.
#footballcoaching #coachdevelopment #grassrootsfootball
Read back a month of your own reflections. The same problem keeps showing up, often under the same tag. That repeat is your next thing to work on. #coaching #grassrootsfootball #footballcoach
Bad session? Don't replay the whole thing on the drive home. Pick one moment, like the second half going flat, and talk that through. One honest question gives next week a starting point.
#footballcoaching #grassroots #coaching
Most player notes say what happened. Write what changed: one line per player after each session, plus the next step. Week by week, those lines add up to a season you can actually see.
#grassrootsfootball #footballcoaching #playerdevelopment
The drive home is when the session is freshest. Before you pull away, say it out loud for one minute: what worked, what faded, what changes next week. Then drive home. #coaching #grassrootsfootball #footballcoach
Most coaches know what they believe. Few write it down.
Put each belief in one plain line, then check every session plan against it. Queues in a plan that says games teach more? Change it.
#coaching #grassrootsfootball #coachdevelopment
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We ask players questions all session:
→ “Why did you make that decision?”
→ “What did you see?”
→ “What could you do differently?”
Then the session finishes...
How often do we ask ourselves the same questions?
• Why did I intervene there?
• What did I actually notice?
• Did the session create the problem I was trying to coach?
• What could I change next time?
That’s where @CoachReflect_n can be useful.
It gives you somewhere to capture those thoughts, organise them and look back at what you're learning about your own coaching.
Reflection shouldn’t only be something we expect from the players, coaches need to practise it too.
I’ve partnered with Coach Reflection if you’d like to explore the tool:
👉 coachreflection.com/
Follow The Sporting Resource for more practical ideas around coaching and coach development.
Read back a month of your own reflections. The same problem keeps showing up, often under the same tag. That repeat is your next thing to work on. #coaching #grassrootsfootball #footballcoach
Bad session? Don't replay the whole thing on the drive home. Pick one moment, like the second half going flat, and talk that through. One honest question gives next week a starting point.
#footballcoaching #grassroots #coaching
Most player notes say what happened. Write what changed: one line per player after each session, plus the next step. Week by week, those lines add up to a season you can actually see.
#grassrootsfootball #footballcoaching #playerdevelopment
Before the cones go back in the bag, answer three questions: what worked, what didn't, and one change for next time.
Write it while it's fresh. Start next week from that one change.
#footballcoaching #coachdevelopment #grassrootsfootball
A useful reflection should not disappear into a notebook. Capture what worked, what needs changing and who needs attention; then keep the patterns for later. This is the CoachReflect input-to-insight loop.
The session finishes at 8pm, by 8:10 you’re packing equipment away, then there’s a conversation with a parent or quick chat with another coach and finally the drive home.
Somewhere in between all of that, you meant to reflect on the session.
You had things you wanted to remember too, aplayer response you hadn’t expected or practice you would change even something you said that worked particularly well.
A few days later, some of that detail has gone.
That’s a problem Coach Reflection can help with.
Upload or photograph your session plan, capture your thoughts while they’re still fresh, and use the AI to help organise what you noticed and summarise the reflection.
For me, the value isn’t having AI tell me whether I coached a good session.
It’s having somewhere to turn the things I noticed into something I can actually return to and learn from.
That’s why I’ve partnered with @CoachReflect_n .
coachreflection.com/
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We’ve added six more names to our growing Who to Follow directory:
• Gavin Mole @CoachGavM
• Soccer Parenting @SoccerParenting
• Youth Coach's Playbook
• Tactical Thinker @txcticalthinker
• CoachReflection @CoachReflect_n
• Mike Phelan Coaching @MP_Coaching_1
That takes the list to 54 coaches, organisations and resources from across the game.
The purpose is simple: make it easier to discover people you may not already know, explore different perspectives and find useful work without having to search endlessly across social media.
You can explore the full list here:
thesportingresource.co.uk/co…
If you’d like to be included, please get in touch.
We just want to help you find the best people, resources and ideas that can support your learning.
